The so-called melancholy is like a woman's ear piercing, but the ear piercing here is a slender iron chain with a half-thick needle with a wick through the ear, and then a few pounds of iron balls are hung underneath, and the ears are torn directly with this thing hanging on the ears. After the piercing was torn, it came to another place, and so on and so forth, until the ears were finally torn into pieces of flesh, and the blood was unbearable.

The slender hand was like Ling Chi, tying the prisoner's two hands on the stone platform, and then using a knife like a willow leaf to shave off the flesh on his hands one by one, leaving only a pair of white bones, the whole process can be seen by the prisoner, and it is the willpower in people's hearts that is destroyed by a knife. Even the ten fingers of the heart are pricked with a small needle, not to mention this knife and knife to cut the flesh, many prisoners are already frightened when they hear this name.

Under these horrific tortures, the guilty simply confess their guilt and only seek a quick death, while the innocent are often beaten into tricks and eventually become unjust souls.

As its name suggests, the Ice Gate is the emperor who is cold and ruthless but ordered by the golden pile of jade, the iron claw dagger set up by the empire behind everyone, and it is a sharp weapon to deter the government and the opposition, and no one dares to resist.

On the night when Zhuo Qianqian threw the hydrangea, the dripping rain converged into a pool of stagnant water, the imperial city was like being in the middle of the Ze country, under the bluestone building of the Ice Imperial Gate, the heavy iron gate slowly opened with a low howl, and a black figure entered the gate directly without half a moment's hesitation.

Along the white stone road behind the Que Tower, the black figure moved slowly, the autumn rain was like silk on the black figure covered with a layer of hazy water, and the cowhide boots under his feet splashed one by one with the steady footsteps, and also splashed the black robe that was swaying at his feet.

At the end of the passage is a main hall also made of bluestone, and the light of a few lanterns under the green tiles glows weakly in the boundless dark night, like the eyes of a thirsty sleeper! The candles on the lampstand in the hall were panicked, projecting a piece of light at the door, and also pulling the figure of the man in black to the elder.

Through the light, I finally saw that the person who came was a young woman, a handful of green silk was held high, without any modification, but the plain dress did not hide her beautiful face, but the face was like frost, and even the dark eyes were like a cold sword shining with cold light, which made people not have half a point of intimacy in the cold autumn night.

"It's back!" A deep male voice floated out of the hall, and before the woman could enter the door, he asked, "How is it?" What did you find? ”

The main hall of the Ice Gate was black, even the tables and chairs were painted with black paint, and iron chains hung around the walls, and the whole hall was cold and oppressive. Behind the long case in the center sat a middle-aged man also dressed in black.

Ten years have passed, Chai Lie's face does not show any traces of time, and the huge tiger carving on the black screen behind him makes people feel frightened when they look at it more, just imagine that those who were caught in were terrified in their hearts.

"Yes!" The young woman stretched out her hand to brush away the water droplets on her clothes, and said coldly, every word she said in the cold night made her breath white, and the woman's face was a little pale, "Today, there are suspicious people present in the hydrangea recruitment of Nangong Hou's Mansion!" ”

"Zhuo Yinfeng, that old man, begged the prince, let Bing Yumen come forward to control the hydrangea, and let General Chongyi's son grab the hydrangea, but you ......" Chai Lie casually fiddled with the jade ring in his hand, raised his eyes, and suddenly looked at the woman below and said: "The prince wanted to take this opportunity to connect with the military department, but you didn't succeed!" Shao Sinan, how do you ask the master to explain to the prince? ”

A faint sound of clothes rubbing came, and Shao Sinan knelt on the cold bluestone, his eyes were a little scattered, but there was still no expression on his face, as if his face was frozen by frost forever.

"Master Zhuo Qianqian deliberately threw the hydrangea to a poor boy when he threw the hydrangea, and the disciple threw a stone to change the trajectory of the hydrangea, but I don't know why the hydrangea turned back directly like an eye and flew into the boy's hand." The young man hesitated slightly, bit his somewhat pale lip and said, "The apprentice is not doing well, ask the master to punish him!" ”

"Since you can make the hydrangea fly elsewhere, then other people who know martial arts will also make the internal force grab the hydrangea." Chai Lie stroked the long case of the sunspot with his hand, and his five fingers tapped the table in turn, but his eyes were not left on the ground.

After thinking for a moment, he said: "The kid who snatched the hydrangea doesn't seem to be simple!" ”

"The apprentice has checked overnight, the person who grabbed the hydrangea is called Mu Eryi, the son of Mu Zhan in Yizhou, Mu Zhan is the wang family of Yizhou, and he once did a pipe music recording in Taichang Temple, and later resigned from the government and made a small fortune in business, but Mu Zhan returned to the west before he was forty years old, leaving his gambling son Mu Eryi. Mu Eryi lost all her family property and became a broken household, and recently wandered to Yongcheng, probably trying to use hydrangea to recruit relatives to climb to wealth! But ......"

"But what?" Chai Lie asked.

"Mu Eryi himself doesn't know martial arts at all!"

"How are you sure?"

"Yesterday, Mu Eryi was chased for gambling debts, and he went to Ningyuan Hou's Mansion to pick up some valuable things to pay off his gambling debts, and was beaten by a group of people, if he knew martial arts, he would definitely fight back, and the apprentice personally tried to slap him, and there was no real qi around him."

Chai Lie frowned and said, "Did he go to the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion?" ”

"Yes!" Shao Sinan replied respectfully, "The master has always asked me to pay attention to whether anyone is approaching the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, and the apprentice happened to be in the garden that day. ”

Chai Lie smiled coldly, got up and walked slowly to Shao Sinan's side and said, "First appeared in the deserted garden of Ningyuan Hou's Mansion, and then snatched the hydrangea, and there was a master in the middle to help, it looks like a coincidence...... This Mu Eryi doesn't seem to be simple! ”

"Then the master wants the apprentice to keep an eye on Mu Eryi all the time?" The young man looked up at Chai Lie and said longingly.

"Hmm!" Chai Lie nodded heavily, staring at the white stone passage outside the door that led straight to the darkness, the muscles on his face jumped faintly, Huo Di stared down at the young man on the ground and said, "Do you know why I have been letting you stare at the deserted garden of the Marquis of Ningyuan Mansion for so many years?" ”

"Ten years ago, the master was ordered by the emperor to clean up the corrupt official Su Boyi's family, and none of the 258 people in the family were spared, but among Su Boyi's four children, except for the youngest son, who was able to make it clear that he had been ambushed, Su Wenxi only had a charred corpse left, Su Wenjing only brought back a bloody clothes, and Su Wenxue was even more missing, and the three of them could not be investigated whether they were dead or alive. The master asked Shao Sinan to monitor the deserted mansion to see if there were any remnants sneaking back! Shao Sinan calmly looked at the black tiger wood carving on the screen, and said unhurriedly as if he was endorsing, without any change on his face.